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Jim Jarmusch’s 5 Golden Rules: Rule #1: There are no rules....

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:08:02 -0400

Jim Jarmusch’s 5 Golden Rules:

Rule #1: There are no rules. There are as many ways to make a film as there are potential filmmakers. It’s an open form. Anyway, I would personally never presume to tell anyone else what to do or how to do anything. To me that’s like telling someone else what their religious beliefs should be. Fuck that. That’s against my personal philosophy—more of a code than a set of “rules.” Therefore, disregard the “rules” you are presently reading, and instead consider them to be merely notes to myself. One should make one’s own “notes” because there is no one way to do anything. If anyone tells you there is only one way, their way, get as far away from them as possible, both physically and philosophically.

Rule #2: Don’t let the fuckers get ya. They can either help you, or not help you, but they can’t stop you. People who finance films, distribute films, promote films and exhibit films are not filmmakers. They are not interested in letting filmmakers define and dictate the way they do their business, so filmmakers should have no interest in allowing them to dictate the way a film is made. Carry a gun if necessary.

Also, avoid sycophants at all costs. There are always people around who only want to be involved in filmmaking to get rich, get famous, or get laid. Generally, they know as much about filmmaking as George W. Bush knows about hand-to-hand combat.

Rule #3: The production is there to serve the film. The film is not there to serve the production. Unfortunately, in the world of filmmaking this is almost universally backwards. The film is not being made to serve the budget, the schedule, or the resumes of those involved. Filmmakers who don’t understand this should be hung from their ankles and asked why the sky appears to be upside down.

Rule #4: Filmmaking is a collaborative process. You get the chance to work with others whose minds and ideas may be stronger than your own. Make sure they remain focused on their own function and not someone else’s job, or you’ll have a big mess. But treat all collaborators as equals and with respect. A production assistant who is holding back traffic so the crew can get a shot is no less important than the actors in the scene, the director of photography, the production designer or the director. Hierarchy is for those whose egos are inflated or out of control, or for people in the military. Those with whom you choose to collaborate, if you make good choices, can elevate the quality and content of your film to a much higher plane than any one mind could imagine on its own. If you don’t want to work with other people, go paint a painting or write a book. (And if you want to be a fucking dictator, I guess these days you just have to go into politics…).

Rule #5: Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is nonexistent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery—celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from—it’s where you take them to.”

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Thu, 06 Jun 2013 05:08:02 -0400

Dan Harmon is coming back to Community, multiple sources (and Harmon himself) say | TV | Newswire | The A.V. Club

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 08:33:36 -0400

Dan Harmon is coming back to Community, multiple sources (and Harmon himself) say | TV | Newswire | The A.V. Club:

lucasauraelius:

MY EMOTIONS

“I NEED HELP REACTING TO SOMETHING.”

Zelda Tissue Box!

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 07:06:38 -0400

treasurehuntah:

A Zelda Tissue box cover made from perler beads! This will fit over a cube shaped box of tissues and make them look a lot prettier!

This is available for $45, shipping included, to anywhere in the US. Let me know if you’re interested! Also taking suggestions for other themes, so if you’d like one but in a different style, just ask and I’ll see what I can do!

"Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences...."

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:05:45 -0400

““Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences. (Roy Ascott’s phrase.) That solves a lot of problems: we don’t have to argue whether photographs are art, or whether performances are art, or whether Carl Andre’s bricks or Andrew Serranos’s piss or Little Richard’s ‘Long Tall Sally’ are art, because we say, ‘Art is something that happens, a process, not a quality, and all sorts of things can make it happen.’ … [W]hat makes a work of art ‘good’ for you is not something that is already ‘inside’ it, but something that happens inside you — so the value of the work lies in the degree to which it can help you have the kind of experience that you call art.””

- Brian Eno (via cavetocanvas)

jackstroubleinatanktop: morristibbs: im laghing so hard at...

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:33:01 -0400

jackstroubleinatanktop:

morristibbs:

im laghing so hard at this

i love how reporters try so hard to understand tumblr

So, you’re this Funke everyone’s been talking about. You can’t...

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:40:35 -0400

So, you’re this Funke everyone’s been talking about. You can’t be more than what? Fifteen?

‘Saturday Night Live’ 38x21 | Weekend update

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:11:53 -0400

‘Saturday Night Live’ 38x21 | Weekend update

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Sun, 19 May 2013 23:10:27 -0400

"The social conservatives that dominate the anti-choice movements are generally not supporters of the..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:49:52 -0400

“The social conservatives that dominate the anti-choice movements are generally not supporters of the kinds of social programs that would actually increase services to low-income women, make workplaces more family-friendly, and expand access to reliable contraceptive methods in underserved communities. If Rue and his cohort really wanted to help women emotionally, they would address the reasons why women choose abortion in the first place. But since that would mean examining the often-complicated reality of womens lives and taking meaningful steps to improve those lives, the anti-choice activists have instead chosen to cast abortion as the beginning and end of a woman’s problems, and they point to any evidence of mixed feelings or regret as a reason to ban abortion for all women.”

- Sarah Erdreich, “Generation Roe” (via bed-legs)

thebluthcompany: I want a friendship like this one.

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:32:57 -0400

thebluthcompany:

I want a friendship like this one.

Finally. I knew this gif existed, I’d just never seen it...

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:08:28 -0400

Finally. I knew this gif existed, I’d just never seen it before, but I knew.

What Joel Mchale thinks of Seth Meyers (x) I think this is a...

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:53:01 -0400

What Joel Mchale thinks of Seth Meyers (x)

I think this is a fanfic I wrote?

thebluthcompany: First trailer for Arrested Development -...

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:16:13 -0400

thebluthcompany:

First trailer for Arrested Development - Season 4!

Oh my god.

fuckyeahfeminists: skeptikhaleesi: ramblingsofanangryirishman: ...

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:09:36 -0400

fuckyeahfeminists:

skeptikhaleesi:

ramblingsofanangryirishman:

Kristen Bell wins all the Mothers Day awards

It’s for sure now. I will definitely be watching Veronica Mars.

of course it was a many saying it, too. they’re the ones spending the most time on social media telling women what to do with their bodies and what they should want and how they should think. I work for a pro-choice org and the people spending hours fighting with women about abortion are ALWAYS. old white conservative men. It still marvels me.

My girlfriend. PREACH.

youaintpunk: The Slits, Chelsea 1978 by Derek Ridgers

Tue, 07 May 2013 08:24:57 -0400

youaintpunk:

The Slits, Chelsea 1978 by Derek Ridgers

"I couldn’t have spoken like this yesterday, because when we’ve been apart, and I’m looking forward..."

Tue, 07 May 2013 00:20:08 -0400

“I couldn’t have spoken like this yesterday, because when we’ve been apart, and I’m looking forward to seeing you, every thought is burnt up in a great flame. But then you come; and you’re so much more than I remembered, and what I want of you is so much more than an hour or two every now and then, with wastes of thirsty waiting between, that I can sit perfectly still beside you, like this, with that other vision in my mind, just quietly trusting it to come true.”

- Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence (via tessaworl)

toadelevatingmoment: He’s a lumberjack and he’s okay~ ♫

Mon, 06 May 2013 01:05:45 -0400

toadelevatingmoment:

He’s a lumberjack and he’s okay~ ♫

gsquaredd: Janelle Monáe | Q.U.E.E.N. (feat. Erykah Badu) OH...

Thu, 02 May 2013 08:40:09 -0400

gsquaredd:

Janelle Monáe | Q.U.E.E.N. (feat. Erykah Badu)

OH SHIT

Carey Mulligan for UK Harper’s Bazaar (June 2013) COLE

Thu, 02 May 2013 08:29:50 -0400

Carey Mulligan for UK Harper’s Bazaar (June 2013)

COLE